SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak among Malayan Tigers and Humans, Tennessee, USA, 2020.

Grome, Heather N; Meyer, Becky; Read, Erin; Buchanan, Martha; Cushing, Andrew; Sawatzki, Kaitlin; Levinson, Kara J; Thomas, Linda S; Perry, Zachary; Uehara, Anna; Tao, Ying; Queen, Krista; Tong, Suxiang; Ghai, Ria; Fill, Mary-Margaret; Jones, Timothy F; Schaffner, William; Dunn, John

Grome, Heather N; Meyer, Becky; Read, Erin; Buchanan, Martha; Cushing, Andrew; Sawatzki, Kaitlin; Levinson, Kara J; Thomas, Linda S; Perry, Zachary; Uehara, Anna; Tao, Ying; Queen, Krista; Tong, Suxiang; Ghai, Ria; Fill, Mary-Margaret; Jones, Timothy F; Schaffner, William; Dunn, John.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 28(4): 833-836, 2022 04.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1760184

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ABSTRACT

We report an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 involving 3 Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni) at a zoo in Tennessee, USA. Investigation identified naturally occurring tiger-to-tiger transmission; genetic sequence change occurred with viral passage. We provide epidemiologic, environmental, and genomic sequencing data for animal and human infections.

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COVID-19; Tigers; Animals; COVID-19/epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Humans; SARS-CoV-2; Tennessee/epidemiology; Tigers/genetics

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COVID-19; Malayan tigers; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Tennessee; United States; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; outbreak investigation; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tigers / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: Communicable Diseases Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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